Marge Simpson (fictional character)

In our first interview in the 1990s, Valerie Harper described the character of Rhoda Morgenstern —sidekick on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and star of the spinoff "Rhoda" — as "the brash New Yorker who says the unsayable."

The same can be said of Harper, but she adds a gentle and empathetic grace in her truth telling.

In her memoir, "I, Rhoda," published in January by Gallery Books, she went public about her lung cancer in 2009 and how she survived it. She said she wanted others to learn from her experience.

On Wednesday, the actress revealed she has terminal brain cancer. The news was shatteringly sad for the many who...

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In our first interview in the 1990s, Valerie Harper described the character of Rhoda Morgenstern —sidekick on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and star of the spinoff "Rhoda" — as "the brash New Yorker who says the unsayable."
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